Benjamin scaeles



. BENJAMIN SCARLES, OF CLINTON, MASSACIIUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO TIIE "WIRE CLOTH COMPANY, OF

SAME Pinnen. y

SPECIFICATION' forming part of Letters Patent No. 344,408, dated Jun Application filed october 11, 1594. Renewed Mey 2s, isst. serial Noieoases.

To @ZZ whom it #my concern:

Be it known that l, BENJAMIN ScARLEs, of v Clinton,` in the county of- Worcester, State of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new 5' and useful Improvement in MetallicLathing, .of which the following is a description suiiu ciently full, clear,and enact to enable any perl son skilled in the art or science to which` said invention appertains to make anduse the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming va part of this specification, in -Which- Figurel is an isometrcal perspective view `A'showing my improved lathing in position for use; Fig. 2', a sideelevation of one of the hangers; Fig. 3, a vertical transverse section taken on the dotted line x n: in Fig. 2; Fig. 4, av plan view of the blank from which r, tical 'transverse section of the furring-strip; Fig. 6, a perspective View. of the clamp or fastener for attaching the Wire-cloth to the furring-strip, Fig.r ,7, a side elevation showinga modification of the hanger; Fig. 8, a top planf the body'of the viewof the blank fromV which hanger shown4 in .Fig. y 7 is forme is employed for/receiving and holding the im' posed plastering; and it consists in a novel construction and arrangement of the parts, as hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed, by whichV ip some respects a more effective and 'desirable device of this character is pro- 4c duced than is now in ordinary use.

l The nature and operation .of the improvement will be1ead ily understood by all con'- versant with su'ch matters from the 'following explanation. 1' IIn the drawings,

ginder; Bhthe hanger for supporting the fur-` ringistripyOfthe furring-strip; l?, the wireeloth. or lathing proper, and E the clamp or l fastener by winch the wire-clothl is attached 5o to the furring-strip,

..1ts'body, and is the bodyol1 the is made; Fig. 5, a Verv 'toi'orm the edges or corners g,

K l Where they cross and recross A represents the beamorl The beam or girder A (No model.)

is ofthe ordini-ary construction, and'requires The body of thehanger B is no description.

metal having its composed of a strip of sheet ends bent; inwardly whieh'are adapted to embrace the angesbf the beam.y The hanger is strengthened or reefo'ifced by a truss,', consisting of a corrugated or curved stri p of sheet metal, which is "placed longi'tudinally'along the upper side of secured in position by ianges a'on said body, thejflanges-being turned inwardly to embrace the edges o f lthe truss, .as bestseen in Figs. 1 and 3. Projecting laterally fromeither side of the body of the hanger there is a'ilange, d, which 'is folded or bent inwardlyunder' said body, and then' turned or bent upwardly over itself' to form a lug f gr receiving and holding the furring-strip-C, asbest shown iu Figs. 1, 2, 3,-and e. The furringstrip is 'also composed of sheet metal, its body being nearly triangular in cross-section, and

provided with flangesor Vprojections at the bottom, to which the clamp-for securing the wire-cloth to the'nfurrng is'attached.

In the construction ,of 'the furring-stri p a sheet of metal cutfto the proper length and width is bent longitu dinally on vparallel lines inwardly-inclined sides t t, andplain or flat top r. The side f has a flange, o, turned outwardly on its to form the anges m,

lower edge, and the side t, which is left consderably longer'or wider than the side f inmaking the bends at y, is bentk outwardly to form the ange w, and thence carried acrossthe strip in parallelism with the top hand bent upwardly and dowlrupon the ange n, as best seen in Fig. 5, thus forming the bottoni h `and a double or T-'shaped iiange atthc lower side of the strip, `The Wire-'cloth and quality usually employed for this purpose, but hasits Warp and lling wires galvanized together at the points of intersection, Z, or each lother, the

D is of the ordinary texturev object being to keep themfrombecoming-dis- 9 placed, more especially at or nearlthe edges of the cloth, in putting 'up the lathing, and also to render the, clothirmer and ,better adapted to properlyrhold the plasteringlv L The galvanizing of the Wires together may be accomplished by any of `sionally required, the hanger is constructed This hanger is also the crdjzary proceSSes employed for gal-vanzivc; w.\,'asufllcicntly heavy coating` being applied to firmly unite them, and also to protect the wi-csjrom4 oxidization. Y

rEhe clamp E is composed of sheet metal, and is provided with flanges n, which are passed through the meshes of the cloth and caused to grasp the flange of the furring-strip C by being bent down onto either side'of the same by any suitable implement for that purpose. The body of the clamp is indented or grooved both longitudinally andlaterally, as shown at e in Fig. (i, the grooves being designed to respectively receive a warp andfilling wire of the cloth, and thus enable the clamp to bebiought into closer connection with the fnrring-strip, to prevent. it from showing through the .plastering The clamp is also galvanized, and may be made larger, if desired, the number of flanges n and grooves. z being increased in number in accordance with its size.

The hanger shown in Eig. 2 is designed for use where the furring-strip runs at right angles to the beam; but when the strip4 is run in the same direction of the beam, as occaas seen at G in Fi'g.- 7'. formed of. sheet metal, its body being made from the blank shown in Fig. S, which is bent transversely on the the inclined lugs the furringstrip Gis strengthened or re-enforced bya corrugated or curved truss, i, which is secured in k for receiving and holding position by flanges a on said body in substanhanger, clamp,

tially the saine manner as the truss shownin Fig. 2l is secured to thc body of the hangerB.

Both of the hangers B G are galvanized, thereby protecting .them from moistnre, and also more firmly securing the trusses in position. The galvanizing also firmly unites the parts of the lugs d 7;, and thereby greatly strengthens them. I do not,v however, confine myself to galvanizing either the furring,

it preferable to do so; neither do rI confine myself to forming the' furring C of a single sheet of metal with' all of its parts integral, f as the sidejt may be cut of the same length as the side f, and have a ilange turned on its loweredge` corresponding with the ange c, and theclampE be attached to vor suspended by' these flanges, if desired.'

Nhen the sides t f ofthe strip C are soy .inade as to be equal 'in width, and each provided with a laterally-projecting flange, e, as described, said sides may be united at thebottom by a sheath or binding-plate, 1I, as show nA in Fig, 9, if desired, thereby accomplishing substantially the same result which is attained by bending the side tand interlocking it with Athellange lv of the sidef, as shown in Fig. 5.

. In manufacturing the hangers B G for the market orto keep in stoel: one or both of the dotted lines I), to form- G. 'Ihc body of the hanger or 'wireclotln although I deem' l e "."icd until the hangers are required for use,

,if desired.

By constructing the strip Q with a bottom, l .'zi, or sheath, II, the moisture is prevented from readily entering the body'of the strip, rendering it more durable,and also much stronger.

Having thus explained my invention, what I claim is# l 1. As a new article of manufacture, a sheetmetal hanger for metallic lathing, said hanger being provided with a sheet-metal truss ru nning longitudinally of its body, downwardlyturned flanges or lugs at or near its center, adapted to embrace and support the furring.- strip, and one or more upwardly-turned ends stantially as set forth.

2. Asa new article of manufacture, a sheetmetal furring-strip for metallic lathing, said strip having a body nearly triangular in cross section and provided .with a supporting flange or flanges at 'or near the bottom, adapted to engage a' clamp. for the `wire-cloth, substantially as described.

3. rlfhe furring-strip G, having the inwardlyinclinedsides tf, with a flange, v, and the side t bentto forrn. the ilange w, and thence carriedacrossthe strip and bent around or folded down upon the flange o, and forming a bottom, h, tially as set forth. 4.. As a newarticle of manufacture, asheetmetal' furring-strip for metallic lathing having a top 'of greater widththan its body, to enable it toengage the hanger properly, sides standing at an angle to the top, and a flange or flanges at the bottom adapted to engage a clamp for attaching wirc-clothto vthe furring, the top, sides, and flange or flanges of said strip being integral or made of one piece, substantially as described.

to the strip, substanmetal furringstripv for metallic' lathing, said strip having a top,.sides, bottom, and a flange or flanges at the bottom adaptedto engage a clamp for attaching wire-cloth to the strip, substantially as set forth. As' a new article of manufacture, a sheetmetal furring-vstrip having a top, sides, bottom, and a ange `or ilanges at the bottom adapted to engage a clamp for attaching wirecloth'to the strip, the top, sides, bottom, land iiange or anges being integral or composed of one piece, substantially asdescribcd.

7. As anew metal clamp for attaching the wire-cloth to the furring strip in metallic vlathing, said clamp having a groove'cr grooves for receiving a wire or wiresof the cloth, and being provided with 'flanges' adapted to engage the fur ringlstrip, substantially as described.

8. The clainp E, provided with the grooves g and flanges a, substantially as set forth.

9. The hanger ll, provided with the lugs a',

end ilanges, m, and lugs d k maybe left un?l or ilangcs adapted to embrace the beam, sub-A thereby connccting the flanges 5. As a new article of manufacture, a sheet-- article of manufacture, a sheet-4 the side f being provided yflanges m, and truss i, constructed :mdar combination with the cloth D, n furriug-strip,

ranged to operate substantially as set forth. and means for attaching the strip to :t hom, lro

10. The improved metaliic'lathing `herein substatiallyas sot forth.

describod, theisame consisting of the beam A,

hmgor B, furringstrip C, wire-cioth 1),' and l BENJAMIN SCARLES' clamp E, oonstrlited, combined, and arranged YWitnesses: to' opera-te substautiaily as described.. C. A. SHAW,

l1. En a metaiiio 1at1ing,.the clamp Ein 1L. J. WHITE. 

